Posted on 04/04/2009 11:06:44 AM PDT by Lorianne
candidate for president, Hillary Clinton was vocal in her fight for the rights of women in Afghanistan.
But, as President Obama's secretary of state, Clinton now finds herself in the uncomfortable position of watching as the U.S.-backed Afghan president signs a law that critics say gives Shiite men the right to rape their wives.
International criticism pressure forced President Hamid Karzai to say Saturday that the law is under review, and he has spoken to Clinton about it.
The developments come as Obama seeks NATO support in Europe for his plan to ramp up the war against terrorists in Afghanistan. Back at home in Washington, administration officials have struggled this week with how to respond to Karzai's signing of the so-called Shia Family Law without debate in the Afghan parliament. The law's most controversial provisions address sexual intercourse in marriage.
"As long as the husband is not traveling, he has the right to have sexual intercourse with his wife every fourth night," Article 132 of the law says. "Unless the wife is ill or has any kind of illness that intercourse could aggravate, the wife is bound to give a positive response to the sexual desires of her husband."
Such a law runs contrary to the stated goals of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan -- to pursue human rights and to help liberate women from religious oppression. It is a cause that has been championed by previous administrations, and particularly by previous first ladies.
The details of the law surfaced this week, just days after one of those former first ladies, Clinton, told the International Conference on Afghanistan at The Hague, Netherlands: "Women's rights are a central part of American foreign policy in the Obama administration; they are not marginal; they are not an add-on or an afterthought."
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what is this? the concept of “rape within marriage” has only been around for a few years in America.
just another liberal control argument. just throw the word “rape” around until everyone just feels really bad and gives them all the power they want
A real man doesn't need a law to get a positive response.
Cultures that dont support women’s rights with the exception of unlimited and unregulated abortion have no business being called “civilized”.
So...what kind of rights does he have when he IS traveling?
self ping for later reading
This is quite different though. This is codifying shia law which will give husband the right to beat the crap out of his wife or kill her if she does not comply.
agreed. islam sucks.
For every article and report even hinting a connection to zero.
The enemies are emboldened by the boy cipher.
And THAT is our ammunition, the boy cipher has caused our enemies to be emboldened against us, thus, we against the boy cipher.
Emboldened
Lets not forget the Obama and Hillary also approved the Sharia law in Swat Pakistan deal. In which a 17 year old girl was recently flogged in public. If only our govt knew that we are fight the ideology of Islam itslef.
Until you realize they can divorce their “wives” with three words and they can make a wife simply by capturing her.
Obama said that Islamic call to prayers is the most beautiful sound in the world.
I’ve heard that most rapists can only “perform” if they are actually raping someone. So an Islamic nation legalizes rape. Whodathunkit?
On another forum....people were actually rooting for the Taliban. Unbelievable.
LOL!!!
I think we have found the reason for certain cultures that treat women like dogs. Prickless weenies, not to mention, scum of the earth.
Homos or pure evil scum.
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